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Date:      Fri, 18 Dec 1998 01:10:05 -0600
From:      "Rob Snow" <rsnow@texas.net>
To:        "Shawn Ramsey" <shawn@cpl.net>, <dg@root.com>, "Brett Stockdale" <bstockr@netscape.net>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Locks up
Message-ID:  <001201be2a55$70c07380$03e48486@dympna.com>

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Mine actually showed up in a SMP config, dicked with it for a week and
figured out that the write combining was the problem.  Just WAG that it
might be yours.

-Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>
To: Rob Snow <rsnow@texas.net>; <dg@root.com>; Brett Stockdale
<bstockr@netscape.net>
Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Thursday, December 17, 1998 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Locks up


>> Are you, by chance, running a PCI NIC (EtherExpress Pro in my case)?  If
so,
>> try turning off PCI write combining.  Had the same problem, that fixed
it.
>
>Is this a feature of the card? I've never seen a problem with Intel
>EtherExpress on FreeBSD. They are the only cards we use anymore, because
>they are cheap, and work very well with FreeBSD.
>
>
>


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